The Montenegrin prosecutor's office handled as many as 2.208 cases as cases in which they take action, even though the statute of limitations for criminal prosecution had expired because they were sitting in the archives and no one acted on them.
This was established by the Prosecutor's Council based on the report of the prosecutor's office for pending cases against an unknown perpetrator.
The most out-of-date and allegedly alive cases were in the Basic Prosecutor's Office in Podgorica, over 1.950, followed by the Prosecutor's Office in Rožaj, about 130.
There were also obsolete, but on paper, active cases in the Podgorica Higher Prosecutor's Office, seven, as well as one in the Special Prosecutor's Office.
This issue was initiated by Council member Siniša Gazivoda, after the head of Podgorica's Basic State Prosecutor's Office (ODT) Duško Milanović informed the Council in September of last year that he had found cases in the archive from even six years ago, which no one was in charge of, and which were as active.
Despite this, no action was taken to prevent the statute of limitations, so the unknown perpetrators were freed from prosecution. The reason given was that the prosecutors were promoted or retired and the cases were not assigned to other prosecutors.
The council concluded that it does not have the authority to initiate disciplinary proceedings, but only the heads of the prosecution offices and the Supreme State Prosecutor Milorad Marković.
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